World Without Oil Game
The future is getting closer.
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We hear a lot of chatter about the price of gas these days. Most of it is just complaining and finger pointing. The few “solutions” bandied around seem to have to do with biofuels and drilling for oil in new locations–both problematic in their own ways. How can we get people to start thinking out of the box and looking at other alternatives? Seems like the following approach to involving and engaging people with important issues could be used in a lot of other educational contexts. Watch the video below to learn more.
- If you want to change the future, play with it first. STEFANIE OLSEN – CNET NEWS
- Imagine there’s no oil. It’s easy if you try. SUSAN ARENDT – WIRED: BLOG NETWORK
- This game isn’t purely make-believe. It’s meant to draw attention to the real possibility of an oil shock and what our country and the world have to do to prepare for it. DEAN TAKAHASHI – SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
- The idea is half fiction, half investigative process… MATTHEW SPARKES – DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
- World Without Oil has launched and has already collected a massive amount of input from people’s video, pictures and blogs, not to mention some well conceived missions. It’s a fantastic concept, and is probably the best example currently out there of how Alternate Reality Games might be used for a social purpose. JIM WOLFF – TECHNOLUDOLOGY more buzz…
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